Air Sahara on Thursday started its Colombo-Bangalore flight, its second flight from India to Sri Lanka.
Kingfisher Airlines chairman and managing director Vijay Mallya is keeping his fingers crossed as he awaits word from Air Sahara
Private carrier Air Sahara, has cancelled all its flights between Mumbai and Chennai till December 5 due to 'operational reasons'.
The airline owes lakhs of rupees to passengers and its vendors.
Three major domestic airlines on Friday announced revised fares, including those under the advance purchase schemes, following abolition of the Inland Air Travel Tax which amounted to 15 per cent of the total airfare.
Private carrier Air Sahara will commence operations to Kuala Lumpur from March 19 and hopes to get government clearance to start services to the Middle East by January 2008, a top airline official said.
From highways connecting once-remote regions to aviation networks carrying millions, India's infrastructure story is one of transformation.
While full service carriers (such as Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines and Air Sahara) offer food onboard and personal attention, low-cost carriers (such as Air Deccan, SpiceJet and GoAir) do not offer many of these services.
Ruling out the sale of Sahara TV following the takeover of its airline business by rival Jet Airways, a top Sahara group official on Tuesday said the company's entertainment wing was looking forward to expanding operations, with the launch of a new H
The government on Monday allowed privately-owned Jet Airways and Air Sahara to fly to the Association of South East Asian Nations and raised the seat capacity of Indian Airlines and Air-India to these destinations.\n\n
Liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Thursday said the acquisition of Air Sahara by Jet Airways was expected and it would not affect his Kingfisher airlines as it was doing "well".\n\n
Rono J Dutta, former chief of the world's biggest carrier United Airlines, has taken over as president of Air Sahara in place of Uttam Kumar Bose.
Hours after Jet Airways closed the deal to acquire Air Sahara, the Lucknow-based airline's president Alok Sharma quit his post but said he would continue to facilitate its smooth transition to 'Jetlite'.
Private airline Air Sahara on Wednesday launched a credit card with Standard Chartered Bank as part of efforts to improve passenger traffic and boost revenues.
Air Sahara on Tuesday announced a 10 per cent fare hike with effect from June 21 following an increase in the aviation turbine fuel price.
Amid speculation that there was a price re-negotiation for Jet Airways taking over Air Sahara, officials of the two airlines on Thurs
Rival airlines expect Jet Airways to restore some "sanity" in the pricing of tickets after the acquisition of Air Sahara.
Kingfisher Airlines chief Vijay Mallya on Saturday said the company would make a bid to buyout the entire stake in Air Sahara.
Leading private airline Jet Airways tops the list of defaulters among private carriers and owes Rs 2,437.90 lakh (Rs 24.38 million) to the government, the Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday.
Air Sahara on Tuesday announced it had launched 16 new flights last week and was planning more with the induction of two additional 50-seater aircraft and two Boeings in the next few weeks.\n\n
In a dramatic turn of events in May 2019, an Emirates aircraft en-route to Dubai was asked to stop while it was taxiing for a take off in Mumbai. The pilot was given no reason and ordered to immediately return to the parking bay. As the aircraft returned to the terminal, two passengers from the first class - Naresh Goyal and his wife Anita - were offloaded by the immigration authorities, who said the duo cannot leave the country. Goyal, founder of Jet Airways, was stunned. The man, who ruled the aviation sector for two and a half decades with an iron hand, did not expect to be offloaded in this fashion.
'The India which was all about glamour and razzmatazz through which he could earn the trust of people of the other India, which was Bharat.'
To provide seamless travel between India and the UK, Air Sahara and British Airways on Thursday entered into a pact to synchronise flight schedules, launch joint fare products and decided to explore ways to have a codeshare agreement in the future.
Private carrier Air Sahara is likely to soon shortlist two or three most attractive offers it has received on equity participation to raise $100 million for their expansion plans. \n
Air Sahara has decided to operate flights to Andaman and Nicobar islands from September.
Amid speculation about Air Sahara selling its equity to raise funds for its expansion plans, liquor baron and owner of Kingfisher Airline Vijay Mallya
